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No, it’s the exact opposite- the Nationalists resorted to mass conscription during the civil war, which is one of the reasons they were so unpopular at the end. The PLA were under strict orders not to take anything from the people they encountered. No matter how badly off they were, they had to pay for everything when they went through a village. This was a massive propaganda victory, as Chinese peasants expected to be looted whenever an army came through their village. It had been the norm for thousands of years, and a common experience for the last few decades. The Communists saw massive support from the peasantry and the PLA’s numbers swelled.
You can start by saying the U.S army would go into the same villages the communists recruit from and massacre them to prevent them from joining the communists. Only gunpoint the villagers faced is from the M-16
Source: The Korean War.
Or talk about the fucking draft lol
“Force people to join the Army at 18” was official U.S. policy until Vietnam whipped our asses senseless
And then the US switched to a professional military model with a heavy emphasis on bombardment. And liberals congratulated themselves on having solved war.
Tbf he’s probably like 12. The sad thing is the dad and millions of other Americans are operating on the same wavelength in their 40s+ lol
Even as they push urbanization isn’t the peasant nature still celebrated?
For all the stories about people committing suicide for getting 4F (cause it was a different time, the cause was so good, greatest generation blah blah blah), the USA still had a draft for WW2. A large enough war means the government is definitely going to at least try forced recruitment (even if the results are disasters like vietnam).
